1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index b0e2865a6810..c5fb9cf95c12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -458,8 +458,10 @@ static void macvlan_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *dev, int change)
         struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
         struct net_device *lowerdev = vlan->lowerdev;
 
-        if (change & IFF_ALLMULTI)
-                dev_set_allmulti(lowerdev, dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI ? 1 : -1);
+        if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+                if (change & IFF_ALLMULTI)
+                        dev_set_allmulti(lowerdev, dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI ? 1 : -1);
+        }
 }
 
 static void macvlan_set_mac_lists(struct net_device *dev)